Australian chef Maggie Beer and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have teamed up to introduce an innovative program focused on food and nutrition within the aged-care sector. Backed by the Federal Government’s $12.9 million funding to improve food and nutrition in ...
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Bigger, older, poorer: Australia’s future to be revealed in new report
Australia might have just recorded a $19 billion surplus, but the Treasurer has warned that the cost of servicing debt and an ageing population is predicted to balloon government spending in the decades to come. The Intergenerational Report, to be ...
More »Albanese Government delivers 24/7 nursing mandate
The Albanese Government has fulfilled its promise of implementing the 24/7 nursing mandate across aged care facilities. From July 1, aged care homes were required to have a registered nurse on-site for 24 hours, seven days a week. A month ...
More »Blair Comley becomes new Department of Health and Aged Care Secretary
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Blair Comley as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care. Prime Minister Albanese said Mr Comley would bring 'innovation and policy rigour' to tackle the nation's health system challenges. "He ...
More »Government and Opposition spar over home closures
Australia's aged care minister has defended her unwavering commitment to the sector following criticism from the Opposition for exacerbating pressures on aged care providers. Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care Anne Ruston said Labor's 'rushed' decisions on staffing requirements ...
More »Budget ‘better than nothing’ but promises ‘no reform’: aged care experts
Aged care advocates and experts have said the federal government's first budget fulfilled key election promises but does not financially support true reform. Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down Labor's budget this week, with $3.9 billion earmarked for the aged care ...
More »New aged care ministers sworn in by PM Albanese
Mark Butler has been named as the new Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care. The deputy leader of the lower house was sworn in on Wednesday along with Queensland MP Anika Wells, who was appointed Minister for Aged Care ...
More »What aged care can expect under a Labor government
Aged care reform was a major centrepiece of Labor’s federal election campaign, and is expected to be a key priority of new prime minister Anthony Albanese. Following his victory, the new leader asserted his pledge to the sector, telling his ...
More »Labor’s $2.5b aged care promise
Australian aged care homes would have a registered nurse on site 24 hours a day, staff would get a pay rise and residents would have better care under a $2.5bn overhaul promised by the federal opposition. Anthony Albanese used his ...
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